[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 4 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 4

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                 relating to United States citizenship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2013

 Mr. Vitter (for himself and Mr. Paul), introduced the following joint 
 resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                 relating to United States citizenship.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification by 
the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``A person born in the United States shall not be a citizen of the 
United States unless--
            ``(1) at the time of the person's birth, one parent of the 
        person is--
                    ``(A) a citizen of the United States;
                    ``(B) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
                residence in the United States who resides in the 
                United States; or
                    ``(C) an alien performing active service in the 
                Armed Forces of the United States; or
            ``(2) the person is naturalized in accordance with the laws 
        of the United States.''.
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